What Does 1 Chronicles 6:18 Mean?
And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.THE KEY
This genealogy is a built line: its sons carry distinct names, with joining and strength held inside a shared belonging.
THE MEANING
Your life is held within relationships that precede you, while your own place remains distinct. The verse holds four named sons within one family line, joining belonging with particularity.
THE ROOT
בְּנֵי
bĕnê
GROWS FROM
בנה
b-n-h
Build, establish.
The Hebrew word for “sons” is related to בָּנָה (banah, build). This link lets the lineage appear as a structure built through generations, with each named son as a distinct branch.
ALSO GROWS
banah: Build, establish.
בָּנָה
This verb gives the family word its building resonance.
binyan: Building, structure.
בִּנְיָן
The related noun makes the lineage’s structure visible.
חֶבְרוֹן
Ḥevron
GROWS FROM
חבר
ḥ-b-r
Join, associate.
Hebron’s name carries the sense of joining into this list of distinct names. Kinship appears as relation within distinction.
ALSO GROWS
ḥaver: Companion, associate.
חָבֵר
This branch shows the root’s sense of relationship between people.
ḥibbur: Connection, joining.
חִבּוּר
This branch makes the joining within Hebron’s name explicit.
עֻזִּיאֵל
ʿUzziel
GROWS FROM
עזז
ʿ-z-z
Be strong, mighty.
Uzziel combines עֻזִּי (ʿuzzi, my strength) with אֵל (El, God): “my strength is God.” The name places strength in relation to God within the family line.
ALSO GROWS
ʿoz: Strength, might.
עֹז
This is the strength named in Uzziel.
maʿoz: Stronghold, refuge.
מָעוֹז
This branch shows strength as a place of security.
THE PATTERN
A name can carry a nature, and a lineage can preserve many such names together.
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but Abraham, father of multitudes, for I have set you as a father of many nations.And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, the one who struggles with God, for you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.The book of the origin of Jesus, the anointed one, son of David, son of Abraham.THE THREAD
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders toil in emptiness. Unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman stays awake in emptiness.The Hebrew word for “sons” here is related to בָּנָה (banah, build), the root repeated in Psalm 127 for building a house. Together, the verses let a lineage appear as a house built through generations, with its building held in the LORD’s care.
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